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Less may mean more when it comes to the levee systems designed to protect New Orleans from hurricanes. That’s the conclusion of a new study by a team of University of Notre Dame researchers led by Joannes Westerink, chair of the department of civil and environmental engineering and earth sciences and co-developer of the authoritative...

Less may mean more when it comes to the levee systems designed to protect New Orleans from hurricanes. That’s the conclusion of a new study by a team of University of Notre Dame researchers led by Joannes Westerink, chair of the department of civil and environmental engineering and earth sciences and co-developer of the authoritative...

A group of Chicago youth journalism students recently traveled to the University of Notre Dame to learn how to find Asian carp without actually catching them. The workshop was a collaboration of Michigan State University’s Knight Center for Environmental Journalism and We the People Media’s Eco Youth Reporters program. The students...

A group of Chicago youth journalism students recently traveled to the University of Notre Dame to learn how to find Asian carp without actually catching them. The workshop was a collaboration of Michigan State University’s Knight Center for Environmental Journalism and We the People Media’s Eco Youth Reporters program. The students...

A new paper from the Hellmann Lab has been published in Ethics, Policy & Environment by Ashish Sharma, Frank Bouchard, Sean Ryan, Derrick Parker and Jessica Hellmann. The paper argues for species-based conservation strategies under climate change, as a way to preserve biodiversity and ecosystem services. …

A new paper from the Hellmann Lab has been published in Ethics, Policy & Environment by Ashish Sharma, Frank Bouchard, Sean Ryan, Derrick Parker and Jessica Hellmann. The paper argues for species-based conservation strategies under climate change, as a way to preserve biodiversity and ecosystem services. …

The Young Professionals Network South Bend and St. Joseph County Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the South Bend Tribune, area chambers of commerce, presenting sponsor Gates Automotive Group and supporting sponsors Barnes & Thornburg, Crowe Horwath and 1st Source Bank recognize the 2013 Michiana Forty under 40 class. The...

The Young Professionals Network South Bend and St. Joseph County Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the South Bend Tribune, area chambers of commerce, presenting sponsor Gates Automotive Group and supporting sponsors Barnes & Thornburg, Crowe Horwath and 1st Source Bank recognize the 2013 Michiana Forty under 40 class. The...

Dr. Jennifer Tank: The James A. Burns, CSC Award Winner Jennifer Tank, The Ludmilla F., Stephen J., and Robert T. Galla Collegiate Chair in Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, has been selected as the winner of the 2013 James A. Burns, CSC Award, which is given annually to a faculty member for...

Dr. Jennifer Tank: The James A. Burns, CSC Award Winner Jennifer Tank, The Ludmilla F., Stephen J., and Robert T. Galla Collegiate Chair in Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, has been selected as the winner of the 2013 James A. Burns, CSC Award, which is given annually to a faculty member for...

Jessica Hellmann, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, discusses climate change adaption in the inaugural issue of the Reilly Center Reports. Find her piece online here. The Reilly Center Reports is an online publication bringing critical information about breaking issues in the ethics and policy of science and technology to a wide audience of policy...

Jessica Hellmann, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, discusses climate change adaption in the inaugural issue of the Reilly Center Reports. Find her piece online here. The Reilly Center Reports is an online publication bringing critical information about breaking issues in the ethics and policy of science and technology to a wide audience of policy...

The South Bend Tribune highlights the work being done by the Lamberti Lab to rehabilitate Juday Creek, a stream that cuts through a portion of northern St. Joseph County. "Through their work, the creek has bounced back from sediment and other erosion problems in the 1980s and 1990s -- and scientists are...